Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Quote by John Dryden

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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.